Training-lever for guns.



PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

J. KRONE. TRAINING LEVER FOR GUNS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 3, 1905.

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PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

J. KRONE. TRAINING LEVER FOR GUNS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1905.

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the grip rigidly to the training-lever.

DNTTED STATES PATENT FFTQE.

JOHANNES KRONE, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO FRIED. KRUPPAKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF ESSEN-ONTHE-RUHR, GER- MAN Y.

TRAlNiNG-LEVER FOR GUNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

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Be it known that I, JorrANNns KRONE, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, and a resident of 56 Bisa: arckstrasse, Essen-on-the- Fuhr,Germany, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements inTraining-Levers for Guns, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to traininglevers for It has hitherto beencustomary to connect With such arrangements, however, the manipulationof the training-lever is impeded by the grasping hand having to adaptitself to the dii'l'erent positions of the lever in cases where theoperator is confined to a certain place and has to do the sightingduring the training. This disadvantage is particularly felt when thetrigger for the firing ::-::echanism of the gun is arranged on the gripof the traininglever that is to say, when the trigger and thetraiiiing-lever must be operated by the same hand.

The object of the invention is to do away with the disadvantages aboveset forth.

In the accompanying drawings 1. have shown the invention applied to atraininglever for controlling the two nxotors which ei'l'ect thetraining and angular elevation of a gun.

Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of the lever and some partsof the controlling mechanism. Fig. 2 is a top view partly in section.Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a modified construction, and Fig. 4 is asectional view on line 4 4, Fig. 3.

A housing B is connected with a table A, Fig. 1, on the mount, so as tobe capable of turning about a vertical axis, but incapable of noveirentin the direction of said axis. The housing B is provided with a tubularextension Z), which projects through the table A and is connected withthe controlling mechanism for the motor that drives the horizontaltraining mechanism. The traininglever D D is swingingly mounted in thehousing B through the medium of a horizontal bolt D The vertical walls 6of a slot, Fig. 1, in the housing B serves as guides for thetraining-lever, while the walls 6 of the slot lintit the movement of thelever. Within the housing B the training-lever is connected by a link Hto a rod 0, which projects into the tubular extension I) of the housingB. The rod U is guided in a box in the housing B and is connected withthe controlling niechaniszn for the niotor that drives the elevatingmechanism of the gun.

The part of the training-lever which is outside of the housing B isbifurcated and in its two arms D a ring E is swingingly suspendedthrough the ntedium of two coaxial horizontal trunnions (P. A secondring F is arranged in the ring E through the medium of balls J, so as tobe capable of turning about its axis relatively to the ring E. The gripG for the training-lever carries the trigger K, Fig. 1, for the firingmechanism of the gun and is secured to the ring F.

The above-described connection between the grip G and the training-leverD D corresponds to a gitnbal-joint. When the training-lever, in order tocontrol the motors driving the training mechanism, is swung about theaxis of the bolt 5 and is swung with the housing B about the axis of thehousing, the connection between the grip G and the training-leverpermits of the grip assuming any position relatively to thetraining-lever, that is most convenient for the hand operating thetraining-lever and the trigger K-such, for instance, as that shown indotted lines in the drawings. In order to further increase the mobilityof the grip, an additional connection, such as that shown in Figs. 3 and4, n ay be introduced between the bifurcated part of the training-leverand the part D to permit a limited turning movement of the bifurcatedpart of the lever on an axis substantially longitudinal to thetraining-lever.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new thereinis- 1. A training-lever for guns provided with a grip angularly movablethereon and a trigger carried by the grip.

2. A training-lever for guns provided with a grip angularly adjustableon said lever, about a plurality of axes and a trigger carried by thegrip.

8. A training-lever for guns provided with a grip, a trigger carriedbythe grip and a connection between the grip and lever, constructed withtwo turning bearings with axes at right angles to each other.

4. A training-lever for guns provided with a grip, a trigger carried bythe grip and three turning connections "interposed between said grip andthe training-lever.

5. A training-lever for guns provided with a grip and three turningconnections interposed between said grip and the training-lever; two ofsaid turning connections having their axes at right angles to each otherand in a plane substantially transverse to the length of thetraining-lever, and the axis of the third turning connection beingsubstantially longitudinal with the training-lever.

6. An aiming-lever for guns, having vertical and horizontal movements,and constructed with a bifurcated end, a ring trunnioned in saidbifurcated end, a second ring having a turning-bearing on the ring firstnamed, and a grip mounted on said second ring.

7. An aiming-lever for guns, having vertical and horizontal movements,and con structed with a bifurcated end, a ring trunnioned in saidbifurcated end, a second ring mounted coaxially with and having aturning-bearing on the ring first named, through the medium of opposedgrooves with interposed balls, and a grip mounted on said second ring.

8. The combination with a rotatable mem ber for controlling one of thecontrolling mechanisms of a gun, of an axially-movable rod controllinganother mechanlsm of a gun, 1

a lever connected to the rotatable member and to the axially-movablerod, and a grip carried by said lever and angularly movable thereon.

9. The combination with a rotatable member for controlling one of thecontrolling mechanisms of a gun, of an axially-movable rod controllinganother mechanism of a gun, a lever connected to the rotatable memberand to the axially-movable rod and a grip angularly adjustable about aplurality of axes.

10. The combination with a rotatable member for controlling one of thecontrolling mechanisms of a gun, of an axially-movable rod controllinganother mechanism of a gun, a lever connected to the rotatable memberand to the axially-movable rod, and a grip angularly adjustable abouttwo axes at right angles to each other. I

11. A training-lever mounted to move in two directions at right anglesto each other, a grip carried by the lever, and connection be tween thegrip and the lever permitting the grip to move relatively to the leverin two directions at right angles to each other.

The foregoing specification signed at Dusseldorf this 23d day ofOctober, 1905.

JOHANNES KRONE.

In presence of MARIA EssENwErN, WILLIAM ESSENWEIN

